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Albanese in China: 6 days, 1 panda, 0 shouting. (Some) media outrage level: critical.
Never mind that the trip secured new trade protocols, tourism agreements, and a fresh review of the China–Australia Free Trade Agreement. Never mind the agricultural breakthroughs, the reopening of tourism channels, or the decarbonisation talks with major iron ore exporters and Chinese steelmakers. None of that seemed to matter. The real problem, we were told, was tone.
BREAKING: Albo doesn’t yell at Xi — (part of) nation panics